Cynthia Chasteen

Cynthia serves as an Instructional Specialist for Missouri’s Migrant Education and English Learning (MELL) program and helps teachers, administrators and staff in 31 counties provide instructional support to English Learners and migrant students. She is also an adjunct professor in the colleges of education at the University of Missouri-Columbia and St. Louis (UMSL). Cynthia earned her PhD in Teaching and Learning Processes with an emphasis in TESOL from UMSL. She is also a certified yoga instructor, E-RYT 200, YACEP, children’s yoga instructor, RCYT, and is a member of the leadership time with Yoginos Yoga for Youth and has studied with Mindful Schools.